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Ethical Leadership and Employe Performance: The Mediating Role of Counter-Productive Work Behavior of Academic Staff in Private Schools in Butwal Sub Metropolitan City, Nepal

Sweta Udaya
MBA-BF Scholar of Lumbini Banijya Campus
Tribhuvan University, Butwal, Nepal
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Abstract
The study aims to explore the relationship between Fairness, Integrity, Accountability Role of modeling and Employee’s performances. It seeks to identify how different dimensions of Fairness, Integrity, Accountability Role of modeling and Employee’s performances. Moreover, the study seeks to examine the mediating role of counter-productive on the relationship between independent and dependent variables. The study adopted a quantitative approach, gathering responses from 248 of academic staff of higher educational institution in Butwal sub metropolitan city using a structured questionnaire, following a simple random, sampling method. Data was analyzed using statistical tools such as PLS-SEM software with different tools like assessment of measurement items. Model fit, IPMA and implemented bootstrapping technique for hypothesis testing. The results revealed that accountability of independent variables are the key predictors of counter-productive work behaviour. Conversely, these factors were negatively correlated with the mediating variable. It is evident that these factors are the major contributors to the dependent variable. Therefore, the management of staff of higher educational institutions should consider these aspects to enhance the dependent variable. By understanding and reformulating policies based on these factors, there is a higher possibility of improving employee performance. Keywords: Ethical leadership, Employee performance, Counter-productive work behavior (CWB), Stress coping mechanisms, Organizational fairness, Motivation.